Re: terms

HanJeong Lee wrote:

> a field - single data item
> a record - a collection of related fields
> a file - a collection of the same kind of records
>

file? I call it an entity. The word file means something physical on the disk to me.
A group of related entities is sometimes referred to as a model.

>
> what is the right term for a collection of files for
> a single application system?
>
> file set?
>
> what is the right term for a collection of files for
> a number of application systems?
>
> database?
>
> would you clarify this?

The word 'database' can mean the software itself as in: "we have an Oracle Database" or " Sybase is a good database" (some people call this an engine, but others call processors engines)

'Database' can also refer to an entitymodel, as in : "The names of the staff can be found in de PERSONEL database" Received on Tue Aug 29 2000 - 17:16:31 CEST